Updates to examples . Minor bug fix to format in Merge-Multiple

Examples/AddWorkSheet/AddWorkSheet.ps1

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ $xlSourcefile = "$env:TEMP\Source.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $xlSourcefile -ErrorAction Ignore
 
+#Put some simple data in a worksheet and Get an excel package object to represent the file
 $excel = 1..10 | Export-Excel $xlSourcefile -PassThru
-
+#Add a new worksheet named 'NewSheet' and copying the sheet that was just made (Sheet1) to the new sheet
 Add-WorkSheet -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "NewSheet" -CopySource $excel.Workbook.Worksheets["Sheet1"]
-
+#Save and open in Excel
 Close-ExcelPackage -ExcelPackage $excel -Show

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ConditionalText.ps1

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$file = ".\conditionalTextFormatting.xlsx"
+$file = "$env:temp\conditionalTextFormatting.xlsx"
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
 
 Get-Service |
     Select-Object Status, Name, DisplayName, ServiceName |
     Export-Excel $file -Show -AutoSize -AutoFilter -ConditionalText $(
-        New-ConditionalText stop
-        New-ConditionalText runn darkblue cyan
-        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType EndsWith svc wheat green
-        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType BeginsWith windows darkgreen wheat
+        New-ConditionalText stop                                                  #Stop is the condition value, the rule is defaults to 'Contains text' and the default Colors are used
+        New-ConditionalText runn darkblue cyan                                    #runn is the condition value, the rule is defaults to 'Contains text'; the foregroundColur is darkblue and the background is cyan
+        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType EndsWith svc wheat green             #the rule here is 'Ends with' and the value is 'svc' the forground is wheat and the background dark green
+        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType BeginsWith windows darkgreen wheat   #this is 'Begins with "Windows"' the forground is dark green and the background wheat
     )

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ContainsBlanks.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
+#Define a "Contains blanks" rule. No format is specified so it default to dark-red text on light-pink background.
 $ContainsBlanks = New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType ContainsBlanks
 
 $data = $(
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ $data = $(
     New-PSItem g h i
 )
 
-$file ="c:\temp\testblanks.xlsx"
+$file ="$env:temp\testblanks.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
+#use the conditional format definition created above
 $data | Export-Excel $file -show -ConditionalText $ContainsBlanks

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/Databar.ps1

@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-Remove-Item -Path .\test.xlsx -ErrorAction Ignore
+$path = "$env:temp\test.xlsx"
+Remove-Item -Path $path -ErrorAction Ignore
 
+#Export processes, and get an ExcelPackage object representing the file.
 $excel = Get-Process |
     Select-Object -Property Name,Company,Handles,CPU,PM,NPM,WS |
-    Export-Excel -Path .\test.xlsx -ClearSheet -WorkSheetname "Processes" -PassThru
+    Export-Excel -Path $path -ClearSheet -WorkSheetname "Processes" -PassThru
 
 $sheet = $excel.Workbook.Worksheets["Processes"]
-$sheet.Column(1) | Set-Format -Bold -AutoFit
+
+#Apply fixed formatting to columns. Set-Format is an Alias for Set-Excel Range, -NFormat is an alias for numberformat
+$sheet.Column(1) | Set-ExcelRange -Bold -AutoFit
 $sheet.Column(2) | Set-Format -Width 29 -WrapText
 $sheet.Column(3) | Set-Format -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,###"
 
-Set-Format -Address $sheet.Cells["E1:H1048576"]  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,###"
-Set-Format -Address $sheet.Column(4)  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,##0.0" -Bold
+Set-ExcelRange -Range -Address $sheet.Cells["E1:H1048576"]  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,###"
+#Set-Format is an alias for Set-ExcelRange
+Set-Format -Range   $sheet.Column(4)  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,##0.0" -Bold
+#In Set-ExcelRange / Set-Format "-Address" is an alias for "-Range"
 Set-Format -Address $sheet.Row(1) -Bold -HorizontalAlignment Center
 
-Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Range "D2:D1048576" -DataBarColor Red
-Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Range "G2:G1048576" -RuleType GreaterThan -ConditionValue "104857600"  -ForeGroundColor Red
+#Create a Red Data-bar for the values in Column D
+Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Address "D2:D1048576" -DataBarColor Red
+# Conditional formatting applies to "Addreses" aliases allow either "Range" or "Address" to be used in Set-ExcelRange or Add-Conditional formatting.
+Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Range  "G2:G1048576" -RuleType GreaterThan -ConditionValue "104857600"  -ForeGroundColor Red
 
 foreach ($c in 5..9) {Set-Format -Address $sheet.Column($c)  -AutoFit }
 
+#Create a pivot and save the file.
 Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "Processes" -IncludePivotChart -ChartType ColumnClustered -NoLegend -PivotRows company  -PivotData @{'Name'='Count'}  -Show

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/FormatCalculations.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$f = ".\testExport.xlsx"
+$f = "$env:TEMP\testExport.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $f -ErrorAction Ignore
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ $data = $(
     New-PSItem Westerly 120
     New-PSItem SouthWest 118
 )
+# in this example instead of doing $variable = New-Conditional text <parameters> .... ; Export-excel -conditionalText $variable <other parameters>
+# the syntax is used is Export-excel -conditionalText (New-Conditional text <parameters>) <other parameters>
 
 
 #$data  | Export-Excel $f -Show -AutoSize -ConditionalText (New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType AboveAverage)

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/GetProcess.ps1

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-Remove-Item .\testExport.xlsx -ErrorAction Ignore
+Remove-Item "$env:TEMP\testExport.xlsx" -ErrorAction Ignore
 
 Get-Process | Where-Object Company | Select-Object Company, Name, PM, Handles, *mem* |
 
-    Export-Excel .\testExport.xlsx -Show -AutoSize -AutoNameRange `
+#This example creates a 3 Icon set for the values in the "PM column, and Highlights company names (anywhere in the data) with different colors
+
+    Export-Excel "$env:TEMP\testExport.xlsx" -Show -AutoSize -AutoNameRange `
         -ConditionalFormat $(
             New-ConditionalFormattingIconSet -Range "C:C" `
                 -ConditionalFormat ThreeIconSet -IconType Arrows

Examples/HyperLinks/First10Races.csv

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+Race,Date,FinishPosition,Driver,GridPosition,Team,Points
+Australian,25/03/2018,1,Sebastian Vettel,3,Ferrari,25
+Australian,25/03/2018,2,Lewis Hamilton,1,Mercedes,18
+Australian,25/03/2018,3,Kimi Räikkönen,2,Ferrari,15
+Australian,25/03/2018,4,Daniel Ricciardo,8,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,12
+Australian,25/03/2018,5,Fernando Alonso,10,McLaren-Renault,10
+Australian,25/03/2018,6,Max Verstappen,4,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,8
+Australian,25/03/2018,7,Nico Hülkenberg,7,Renault,6
+Australian,25/03/2018,8,Valtteri Bottas,15,Mercedes,4
+Australian,25/03/2018,9,Stoffel Vandoorne,11,McLaren-Renault,2
+Australian,25/03/2018,10,Carlos Sainz,9,Renault,1
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,1,Sebastian Vettel,1,Ferrari,25
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,2,Valtteri Bottas,3,Mercedes,18
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,3,Lewis Hamilton,9,Mercedes,15
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,4,Pierre Gasly,5,STR-Honda,12
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,5,Kevin Magnussen,6,Haas-Ferrari,10
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,6,Nico Hülkenberg,7,Renault,8
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,7,Fernando Alonso,13,McLaren-Renault,6
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,8,Stoffel Vandoorne,14,McLaren-Renault,4
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,9,Marcus Ericsson,17,Sauber-Ferrari,2
+Bahrain,08/04/2018,10,Esteban Ocon,8,Force India-Mercedes,1
+Chinese,15/04/2018,1,Daniel Ricciardo,6,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,25
+Chinese,15/04/2018,2,Valtteri Bottas,3,Mercedes,18
+Chinese,15/04/2018,3,Kimi Räikkönen,2,Ferrari,15
+Chinese,15/04/2018,4,Lewis Hamilton,4,Mercedes,12
+Chinese,15/04/2018,5,Max Verstappen,5,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,10
+Chinese,15/04/2018,6,Nico Hülkenberg,7,Renault,8
+Chinese,15/04/2018,7,Fernando Alonso,13,McLaren-Renault,6
+Chinese,15/04/2018,8,Sebastian Vettel,1,Ferrari,4
+Chinese,15/04/2018,9,Carlos Sainz,9,Renault,2
+Chinese,15/04/2018,10,Kevin Magnussen,11,Haas-Ferrari,1
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,1,Lewis Hamilton,2,Mercedes,25
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,2,Kimi Räikkönen,6,Ferrari,18
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,3,Sergio Pérez,8,Force India-Mercedes,15
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,4,Sebastian Vettel,1,Ferrari,12
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,5,Carlos Sainz,9,Renault,10
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,6,Charles Leclerc,13,Sauber-Ferrari,8
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,7,Fernando Alonso,12,McLaren-Renault,6
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,8,Lance Stroll,10,Williams-Mercedes,4
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,9,Stoffel Vandoorne,16,McLaren-Renault,2
+Azerbaijan,29/04/2018,10,Brendon Hartley,19,STR-Honda,1
+Spanish,13/05/2018,1,Lewis Hamilton,1,Mercedes,25
+Spanish,13/05/2018,2,Valtteri Bottas,2,Mercedes,18
+Spanish,13/05/2018,3,Max Verstappen,5,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,15
+Spanish,13/05/2018,4,Sebastian Vettel,3,Ferrari,12
+Spanish,13/05/2018,5,Daniel Ricciardo,6,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,10
+Spanish,13/05/2018,6,Kevin Magnussen,7,Haas-Ferrari,8
+Spanish,13/05/2018,7,Carlos Sainz,9,Renault,6
+Spanish,13/05/2018,8,Fernando Alonso,8,McLaren-Renault,4
+Spanish,13/05/2018,9,Sergio Pérez,15,Force India-Mercedes,2
+Spanish,13/05/2018,10,Charles Leclerc,14,Sauber-Ferrari,1
+Monaco,27/05/2018,1,Daniel Ricciardo,1,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,25
+Monaco,27/05/2018,2,Sebastian Vettel,2,Ferrari,18
+Monaco,27/05/2018,3,Lewis Hamilton,3,Mercedes,15
+Monaco,27/05/2018,4,Kimi Räikkönen,4,Ferrari,12
+Monaco,27/05/2018,5,Valtteri Bottas,5,Mercedes,10
+Monaco,27/05/2018,6,Esteban Ocon,6,Force India-Mercedes,8
+Monaco,27/05/2018,7,Pierre Gasly,10,STR-Honda,6
+Monaco,27/05/2018,8,Nico Hülkenberg,11,Renault,4
+Monaco,27/05/2018,9,Max Verstappen,20,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,2
+Monaco,27/05/2018,10,Carlos Sainz,8,Renault,1
+Canadian,10/06/2018,1,Sebastian Vettel,1,Ferrari,25
+Canadian,10/06/2018,2,Valtteri Bottas,2,Mercedes,18
+Canadian,10/06/2018,3,Max Verstappen,3,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,15
+Canadian,10/06/2018,4,Daniel Ricciardo,6,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,12
+Canadian,10/06/2018,5,Lewis Hamilton,4,Mercedes,10
+Canadian,10/06/2018,6,Kimi Räikkönen,5,Ferrari,8
+Canadian,10/06/2018,7,Nico Hülkenberg,7,Renault,6
+Canadian,10/06/2018,8,Carlos Sainz,9,Renault,4
+Canadian,10/06/2018,9,Esteban Ocon,8,Force India-Mercedes,2
+Canadian,10/06/2018,10,Charles Leclerc,13,Sauber-Ferrari,1
+French,24/06/2018,1,Lewis Hamilton,1,Mercedes,25
+French,24/06/2018,2,Max Verstappen,4,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,18
+French,24/06/2018,3,Kimi Räikkönen,6,Ferrari,15
+French,24/06/2018,4,Daniel Ricciardo,5,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,12
+French,24/06/2018,5,Sebastian Vettel,3,Ferrari,10
+French,24/06/2018,6,Kevin Magnussen,9,Haas-Ferrari,8
+French,24/06/2018,7,Valtteri Bottas,2,Mercedes,6
+French,24/06/2018,8,Carlos Sainz,7,Renault,4
+French,24/06/2018,9,Nico Hülkenberg,12,Renault,2
+French,24/06/2018,10,Charles Leclerc,8,Sauber-Ferrari,1
+Austrian,01/07/2018,1,Max Verstappen,4,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,25
+Austrian,01/07/2018,2,Kimi Räikkönen,3,Ferrari,18
+Austrian,01/07/2018,3,Sebastian Vettel,6,Ferrari,15
+Austrian,01/07/2018,4,Romain Grosjean,5,Haas-Ferrari,12
+Austrian,01/07/2018,5,Kevin Magnussen,8,Haas-Ferrari,10
+Austrian,01/07/2018,6,Esteban Ocon,11,Force India-Mercedes,8
+Austrian,01/07/2018,7,Sergio Pérez,15,Force India-Mercedes,6
+Austrian,01/07/2018,8,Fernando Alonso,20,McLaren-Renault,4
+Austrian,01/07/2018,9,Charles Leclerc,17,Sauber-Ferrari,2
+Austrian,01/07/2018,10,Marcus Ericsson,18,Sauber-Ferrari,1
+British,08/07/2018,1,Sebastian Vettel,2,Ferrari,25
+British,08/07/2018,2,Lewis Hamilton,1,Mercedes,18
+British,08/07/2018,3,Kimi Räikkönen,3,Ferrari,15
+British,08/07/2018,4,Valtteri Bottas,4,Mercedes,12
+British,08/07/2018,5,Daniel Ricciardo,6,Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer,10
+British,08/07/2018,6,Nico Hülkenberg,11,Renault,8
+British,08/07/2018,7,Esteban Ocon,10,Force India-Mercedes,6
+British,08/07/2018,8,Fernando Alonso,13,McLaren-Renault,4
+British,08/07/2018,9,Kevin Magnussen,7,Haas-Ferrari,2
+British,08/07/2018,10,Sergio Pérez,12,Force India-Mercedes,1

Examples/HyperLinks/Races.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+#First 10 races is a CSV file containing the top 10 finishers for the first 10 Formula one races of 2018. Read this file and group the results by race
+#We will create links to each race in the first 10 rows of the spreadSheet
+#The next row will be column labels
+#After that will come a block for each race.
+
+#Read the data, and decide how much space to leave for the hyperlinks
+$scriptPath = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.path -Parent
+$dataPath   = Join-Path  -Path $scriptPath -ChildPath "First10Races.csv"
+$results    = Import-Csv -Path $dataPath | Group-Object -Property RACE
+$topRow     = $lastDataRow = 1 + $results.Count
+
+#Export the first row of the first group (race) with headers.
+$path       = "$env:TEMP\Results.xlsx"
+Remove-Item -Path $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+$excel      = $results[0].Group[0] | Export-Excel -Path $path -StartRow $TopRow  -BoldTopRow -PassThru
+
+#export each group (race) below the last one, without headers, and create a range for each using the group (Race) name
+foreach ($r in $results) {
+    $excel        = $R.Group | Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $excel -NoHeader -StartRow ($lastDataRow +1) -RangeName $R.Name -PassThru -AutoSize
+    $lastDataRow += $R.Group.Count
+}
+
+#Create a hyperlink for each property with display text of "RaceNameGP" which links to the range created when the rows were exported a
+$results | ForEach-Object {(New-Object -TypeName OfficeOpenXml.ExcelHyperLink -ArgumentList "Sheet1!$($_.Name)" , "$($_.name) GP")} |
+            Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $excel -AutoSize  -Show
+

Examples/JoinWorksheet/Join-worksheet-blocks.sample.ps1

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
 $path = "$env:TEMP\Test.xlsx"
 Remove-item -Path $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- Get-WmiObject -Class win32_logicaldisk |
+#Export disk volume, and Network adapter to their own sheets.
+Get-WmiObject -Class win32_logicaldisk |
     Select-Object -Property DeviceId,VolumeName, Size,Freespace |
         Export-Excel -Path $path -WorkSheetname Volumes -NumberFormat "0,000"
 Get-NetAdapter  |
     Select-Object -Property Name,InterfaceDescription,MacAddress,LinkSpeed |
         Export-Excel -Path $path -WorkSheetname NetAdapters
 
+#Create a summary page with a title of Summary, label the blocks with the name of the sheet they came from and hide the source sheets
 Join-Worksheet -Path $path -HideSource -WorkSheetName Summary -NoHeader -LabelBlocks  -AutoSize -Title "Summary" -TitleBold -TitleSize 22 -show

Examples/JoinWorksheet/JoinSalesData.ps1

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ $params = @{
     ExcelChartDefinition = New-ExcelChartDefinition -XRange Item -YRange UnitSold -Title 'Units Sold'
     Path                 = $xlfile
 }
-
+#Import 4 sets of sales data from 4 CSV files, using the parameters above.
 Import-Csv $PSScriptRoot\NorthSales.csv | Export-Excel -WorkSheetname North @params
 Import-Csv $PSScriptRoot\EastSales.csv  | Export-Excel -WorkSheetname East  @params
 Import-Csv $PSScriptRoot\SouthSales.csv | Export-Excel -WorkSheetname South @params
 Import-Csv $PSScriptRoot\WestSales.csv  | Export-Excel -WorkSheetname West  @params
 
+#Join the 4 worksheets together on a sheet named Allsales, use the same parameters, except for AutoNameRange and ExcelChartDefinition.
 $params.Remove("AutoNameRange")
 $params.Remove("ExcelChartDefinition")
 Join-Worksheet -WorkSheetName AllSales -Show @params

Examples/MergeWorkSheet/Merge_2_Servers_Services.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Remove-Item -Path  "$env:temp\server*.xlsx" , "$env:temp\Combined*.xlsx" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+#Get a subset of services into $s and export them
+[System.Collections.ArrayList]$s = get-service | Select-Object -first 25 -Property *
+$s | Export-Excel -Path $env:temp\server1.xlsx
+
+#$s is a zero based array, excel rows are 1 based and excel has a header row so Excel rows will be 2 + index in $s.
+#Change a row. Add a row. Delete a row.  And export the changed $s to a second file.
+$s[2].DisplayName = "Changed from the orginal"   #This will be row 4 in Excel - this should be highlighted as a change
+
+$d = $s[-1] | Select-Object -Property *
+$d.DisplayName = "Dummy Service"
+$d.Name = "Dummy"
+$s.Insert(3,$d)                                 #This will be row 5 in Excel - this should be highlighted as a new item
+
+$s.RemoveAt(5)                                  #This will be row 7 in Excel - this should be highlighted as deleted item
+
+$s | Export-Excel -Path $env:temp\server2.xlsx
+
+#This use of Merge-worksheet Assumes a default worksheet name, (sheet1)  We will check and output Name (the key), DisplayName and StartType and ignore other properties.
+Merge-Worksheet -Referencefile "$env:temp\server1.xlsx" -Differencefile  "$env:temp\Server2.xlsx" -OutputFile  "$env:temp\combined1.xlsx"  -Property name,displayname,startType -Key name -Show

Examples/MergeWorkSheet/Merge_3_Servers_Services.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Remove-Item -Path  "$env:temp\server*.xlsx" , "$env:temp\Combined*.xlsx" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+#Get a subset of services into $s and export them
+[System.Collections.ArrayList]$s = get-service | Select-Object -first 25 -Property Name,DisplayName,StartType
+$s | Export-Excel -Path $env:temp\server1.xlsx
+
+#$s is a zero based array, excel rows are 1 based and excel has a header row so Excel rows will be 2 + index in $s.
+#Change a row. Add a row. Delete a row.  And export the changed $s to a second file.
+$row4Displayname  = $s[2].DisplayName
+$s[2].DisplayName = "Changed from the orginal"    #This will be excel row 4 and Server 2 will show as changed.
+
+$d = $s[-1] | Select-Object -Property *
+$d.DisplayName = "Dummy Service"
+$d.Name = "Dummy"
+$s.Insert(3,$d)                                   #This will be Excel row 5 and server 2 will show as changed - so will Server 3
+
+$s.RemoveAt(5)                                    #This will be Excel row 7 and Server 2 will show as missing.
+
+$s | Export-Excel -Path $env:temp\server2.xlsx
+
+#Make some more changes to $s and export it to a third file
+$s[2].displayname = $row4Displayname             #Server 3 row 4 will match server 1 so won't be highlighted
+
+$d = $s[-1] | Select-Object -Property *
+$d.DisplayName = "Second Service"
+$d.Name = "Service2"
+$s.Insert(6,$d)                                  #This will be an extra row in Server 3 at row 8. It will show as missing in Server 2.
+$s.RemoveAt(8)                                   #This will show as missing in Server 3 at row 11 ()
+
+$s | Export-Excel -Path $env:temp\server3.xlsx
+
+#Now bring the three files together.
+
+Merge-MultipleSheets -Path "$env:temp\server1.xlsx", "$env:temp\Server2.xlsx","$env:temp\Server3.xlsx" -OutputFile "$env:temp\combined3.xlsx"  -Property name,displayname,startType -Key name  -Show

Examples/MoveSheets/MoveSheets.ps1

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 $xlfile = "$env:TEMP\testThis.xlsx"
 Remove-Item $xlfile -ErrorAction Ignore
 
-1..10  | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname First
-11..20 | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Second -MoveToStart
-21..30 | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Third  -MoveBefore First
-31..40 | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Fourth -MoveAfter Third -Show
+1..10  | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname First                           #'First' will be the only sheet
+11..20 | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Second -MoveToStart             #'Second' is moved before first so the order is 'Second', 'First'
+21..30 | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Third  -MoveBefore First        #'Second' is moved before first so the order is 'Second', 'Third', 'First'
+31..40 | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Fourth -MoveAfter Third -Show   #'Fourth' is moved after third so the order is ' 'Second', 'Third', 'Fourth' First'

Examples/NumberFormat/ColorizeNumbers.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$file = "disks.xlsx"
+$file = "$env:TEMP\disks.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
 
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ $data = $(
     New-PSItem -3.2 -4.1
     New-PSItem -5.2 6.1
 )
-
+#Set the numbers throughout the sheet to format as positive in blue with a + sign, negative in Red with a - sign.
 $data | Export-Excel -Path $file -Show -AutoSize -NumberFormat "[Blue]+0.#0;[Red]-0.#0"

Examples/NumberFormat/CurrencyFormat.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$file = "disks.xlsx"
+$file = "$env:temp\disks.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
 
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ $data = $(
     New-PSItem -5.2 6.1
     New-PSItem 1000 -2000
 )
-
-$data | Export-Excel -Path $file -Show -AutoSize -NumberFormat '[Blue]$#,##0.00;[Red]-$#,##0.00'
-
+#Number format can expand terms like Currency, to the local currency format
+$data | Export-Excel -Path $file -Show -AutoSize -NumberFormat 'Currency'

Examples/PassThru/TryPassThru.ps1

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$file = "sales.xlsx"
+$file = "$env:Temp\sales.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
 
+#Using -Passthru with Export-Excel returns an Excel Package object.
 $xlPkg = Import-Csv .\sales.csv | Export-Excel $file -PassThru
 
-$ws = $xlPkg.Workbook.WorkSheets[1]
+#We add script properties to the package so $xlPkg.Sheet1 is equivalent to $xlPkg.Workbook.WorkSheets["Sheet1"]
+$ws = $xlPkg.Sheet1
 
+#We can manipulate the cells ...
 $ws.Cells["E1"].Value = "TotalSold"
 $ws.Cells["F1"].Value = "Add 10%"
 
+#This is for illustration - there are more efficient ways to do this.
 2..($ws.Dimension.Rows) |
     ForEach-Object {
         $ws.Cells["E$_"].Formula = "=C$_+D$_"
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ $ws.Cells["F1"].Value = "Add 10%"
 
 $ws.Cells.AutoFitColumns()
 
+#You can call close-ExcelPackage $xlPkg -show, but here we will do the ssteps explicitly
 $xlPkg.Save()
 $xlPkg.Dispose()
-
 Invoke-Item $file

Examples/PivotTable/PivotTableWithName.ps1

@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-Remove-Item .\test1.xlsx -ErrorAction Ignore
-
 $ExcelParams = @{
-    Path              = ".\test1.xlsx"
+    Path              = "$env:TEMP\test1.xlsx"
     IncludePivotTable = $true
     PivotRows         = 'Company'
     PivotTableName    = 'MyTable'
     PivotData         = @{'Handles' = 'sum'}
     Show              = $true
+    Activate          = $true
 }
+Remove-Item $ExcelParams.Path -ErrorAction Ignore
+Get-Process | Select-Object Company, Handles | Export-Excel @ExcelParams
 
-Get-Process | Select-Object Company, Handles |
-    Export-Excel @ExcelParams
+<#  Builds a pivot table that looks like this:
+
+    Sum of Handles
+    Row Labels	                 Total
+    Adobe Systems Incorporated	  3100
+    (blank)	                    214374
+    Apple Inc.	                   215
+    etc
+    etc
+    Grand Total	                365625
+#>

Examples/PivotTable/TableAndPivotTable.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+$path = "$Env:TEMP\test.xlsx"
+remove-item -path $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+#Export some sales data to Excel, format it as a table and put a data-bar in
+
+$excel =  ConvertFrom-Csv    @"
+Product, City, Gross, Net
+Apple, London , 300, 250
+Orange, London , 400, 350
+Banana, London , 300, 200
+Orange, Paris,   600, 500
+Banana, Paris,   300, 200
+Apple, New York, 1200,700
+"@  | Export-Excel  -Path $path  -TableStyle Medium13 -tablename "RawData" -ConditionalFormat @{Range="C2:C7"; DataBarColor="Green"}  -PassThru
+
+#Add a pivot table on the same sheet, using this data. set the table style and number format. Use the "City" as row names, and "Product" for columnnames, and total both the gross and net columns
+#Add a pivot chart (defined in a hash table)
+Add-PivotTable -Address $excel.Sheet1.Cells["F1"] -SourceWorkSheet $Excel.Sheet1 -SourceRange $Excel.Sheet1.Dimension.Address -PivotTableName "Sales" -PivotTableSyle "Medium12" -Activate  `
+                 -PivotRows "City" -PivotColumns "Product" -PivotData @{Gross="Sum";Net="Sum"} -PivotNumberFormat "$#,##0.00" -PivotTotals "Both"  -PivotChartDefinition @{
+                        Title="Gross and net by city and product";
+                        ChartType="ColumnClustered";
+                        Column=11; Width=500; Height=360;
+                        YMajorUnit=500; YMinorUnit=100; YAxisNumberformat="$#,##0"
+                        LegendPostion="Bottom"}
+#Save and open in excel
+Close-ExcelPackage $excel -Show

Examples/PivotTableFilters/testPivotFilter.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$xlFile=".\testPivot.xlsx"
+$xlFile="$env:TEMP\testPivot.xlsx"
 Remove-Item $xlFile -ErrorAction Ignore
 
 $data =@"
@@ -18,4 +18,18 @@ $data |
         -AutoSize -AutoFilter `
         -IncludePivotTable `
         -PivotRows Product `
-        -PivotData @{"Units"="sum"} -PivotFilter Region, Area
+        -PivotData @{"Units"="sum"} -PivotFilter Region, Area -Activate
+
+<#
+Creates a Pivot table that looks like
+Region          All^
+Area            All^
+
+Sum of Units
+Row Labels	   Total
+Apple	         100
+Pear	         240
+Grape	         280
+Banana	         160
+Grand Total	     780
+#>

Examples/SetColumnBackgroundColor/SetColumnBackgroundColor.ps1

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$p = Get-Process | Select-Object Company, Handles | Export-Excel c:\temp\testBackgroundColor.xlsx -ClearSheet -KillExcel -PassThru
+$path =  "$env:TEMP\testBackgroundColor.xlsx"
+
+$p = Get-Process | Select-Object Company, Handles | Export-Excel $path -ClearSheet  -PassThru
 
 $ws        = $p.Workbook.WorkSheets[1]
 $totalRows = $ws.Dimension.Rows
 
-Set-Format -Address $ws.Cells["B2:B$($totalRows)"] -BackgroundColor LightBlue
+#Set the range from B2 to the last active row. s
+Set-ExcelRange -Range $ws.Cells["B2:B$($totalRows)"] -BackgroundColor LightBlue
 
 Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $p -show -AutoSize

Examples/Tables/MultipleTables.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$xlfile = "testData.xlsx"
-Remove-Item *.xlsx
+$xlfile = "$env:Temp\testData.xlsx"
+Remove-Item $xlfile -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 
 $r = Get-ChildItem C:\WINDOWS\system32
 
@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ $top10ByFileSize = $r |
     Select-Object -First 10 Name, @{n="Size";e={$_.Length}} #,Extension,Path
 
 
-$top10BySize     | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname FileInfo -TableName ExtSize
-$top10ByCount    | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname FileInfo -StartRow 13 -TableName ExtCount
-$top10ByFileSize | Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname FileInfo -StartRow 25 -AutoSize -TableName FileSize
+$xlPkg = $top10BySize     | Export-Excel -path $xlfile        -WorkSheetname FileInfo              -TableName ExtSize  -PassThru
+$xlPkg = $top10ByCount    | Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $xlPkg -WorkSheetname FileInfo -StartRow 13 -TableName ExtCount -PassThru
+$xlPkg = $top10ByFileSize | Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $xlPkg -WorkSheetname FileInfo -StartRow 25 -TableName FileSize -PassThru -AutoSize
+
+#worksheets.tables["Name1","Name2"] returns 2 tables. Set-ExcelRange can process those and will set the number format over both
+Set-ExcelRange -Range $xlpkg.Workbook.Worksheets[1].Tables["ExtSize","FileSize"] -NumberFormat '0,,"MB"'
 
 $ps = Get-Process | Where-Object Company
 
 $ps |
     Sort-Object handles -Descending |
     Select-Object -First 10 company, handles |
-    Export-Excel $xlfile -WorkSheetname Handles -AutoSize -TableName Handles
+    Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $xlPkg -WorkSheetname Handles -AutoSize -TableName Handles
 
 $ps |
     Sort-Object PM -Descending |